Strong's #2977: Yo'shiyah (pronounced yo-shee-yaw')

or {yo-she-yaw'-hoo}; from the same root as 803 and 3050; founded of Jah; Joshijah, the name of two Israelites:-- Josiah.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

ּּׁ / ּׁ

yô'shı̂yâh / yô'shı̂yâhû

Josiah = "whom Jehovah heals"

1) son of Amon by Jedidah who succeeded his father to the throne of Judah and reigned for 31 years; his reign is noteworthy for the great revivals back to the worship of Jehovah which he led

2) a returned exile and son of Zephaniah at whose house took place the solemn and symbolical crowning of Joshua the high priest in the time of Zechariah the prophet

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

Relation: from the same root as H803 and H3050

Usage:

This word is used 53 times:

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Jeremiah 46:2: "year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah."
Zephaniah 1:1: "the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah of Amon, king of Judah."
Zechariah 6:10: "from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go"

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